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A great resource that highlights important skills for students with special needs

A collaborative effort to transform education in Iowa. 

The latest partnership to offer free massively open online courses (MOOCs). Good article outlining the history of such initiatives.

The latest partnership to offer free massively open online courses (MOOCs). Good article outlining the history of such initiatives. 

CAST is an educational research & development organization that works to expand learning opportunities for all individuals through Universal Design for Learning.

Free Math Games for Students

UNI math games to help kids when teachers are busy, or for free time.

Fantastic website that has great resources for educators and for those wanting to learn about all kinds of subjects. Includes games for learning math skills, world geography, science, and more.

Great tool for teachers and students alike - especially if you're like me and want to brush up on some of the basics (though this has more advanced lessons as well)!

Great integration ideas for blogging in the classroom. 

This website is great for kids, students, teachers, and parents.  IT has so many links for games and activities and other great educational resources.  

Quality science education is based on standards that are rich in content and practice, with aligned curricula, pedagogy, assessment, and teacher preparation and development. It has been nearly 15 years since the National Research Council and the American Association for Advancement in Science produced the seminal documents on which most state standards are based. Since that time, major advances in science and our understanding of how students learn science have taken place and need to be reflected in state standards. The time is right to forge Next Generation Science Standards.

This is an excellent resource for those who are doing science as a part of their Thematic Unit teams

This website has lots of worksheets for all grades. Could help to come up with different ideas to teach units.

Directory for teachers who want to use Skype to connect with other classrooms, content experts, guest speakers, authors, colleagues, etc.